Android SDK Platform-Tools 37.0.2 (November 2026)

adb

• Reduce debug log spam. Demote high-frequency data-plane logs (such as reads and writes) to verbose level (for example: usb:v, transport:v) to prevent large log files.
• Add support for syncing the system_dlkm, vendor_dlkm, and odm_dlkm partitions in the adb sync command.
• Deprecate the adb install --fastdeploy option in favor of the android install command. Fast Deploy remains temporarily available using the --deprecated-fastdeploy flag and will be removed in 37.0.3.
• Linux:
  • Introduce the libadbusb library to replace the legacy USB backend (ADB_USB_LEGACY=1). The libadbusb library uses periodic USB bus polling (1000ms default, configurable using the ADB_USB_LINUX_POLL_INTERVAL_MS environment variable) instead of netlink hotplug to avoid missing devices after in-place USB resets or concurrent start-server command races.
  • Improve the legacy USB backend (ADB_USB_LEGACY=1). Add a reconnection retry loop to recover devices in case of missing netlink events.
• MacOS:
  • Introduce the libadbusb library to replace the legacy USB backend. The libadbusb library can be disabled by setting the ADB_USB_LEGACY environment variable to 1.
  • Fix an adb server crash (abort in _Unwind_Backtrace) on Apple Silicon M6 (macOS 27) caused by capturing backtraces on ignored non-ADB mDNS records.
  • Fix an adb server crash (KERN_INVALID_NAME Mach port exception) on USB device attach when AMFI is disabled.